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Luke Romans, a Master of Divinity student at Southwestern, leads an accountability group through the “young marrieds” Sunday school class at Birchman Baptist Church. Realizing that evangelism was the most important area in which they needed to grow, Romans started bringing his students along with him as he participated in Southwestern’s “Going the Second Mile” initiative, the seminary’s effort to evangelize every home within a two-mile radius of the campus.

Keith Eitel, dean of Southwestern’s Roy Fish School of Evangelism and Missions, says that when going on a mission trip, he and his teammates do not set a quota for how many Gospel presentations they want to make, professions of they want to see, etc. Instead, they lay out specific tasks that they will try to accomplish.

On the eve of their return from Great Britain, the participants in this year’s Oxford Study Tour received a final exhortation from the program’s director, Malcolm Yarnell. Speaking from 1 Peter 2:9-12, Yarnell reminded the nearly 60 Southwestern and Southeastern Seminary students that, as believers, they are strangers in this world, having been kept here in order to live a holy life and lead others to Christ.

Seven Southwestern students and faculty spent four weeks reaching the people of Nagoya, Japan, with the Gospel, May 29-June 27. During their time in the third largest city in Japan, the group engaged in 75 spiritual conversations through university campus ministry, “five-minute English lessons,” and other various ministry opportunities. Although they did not see any salvations, team members say many seeds were sown and important foundations were laid for people to be receptive to the Gospel in the future.

During spring break of 2015, Advanced Master of Divinity student Nelson Fonseca spent the week preaching and evangelizing in Pampa, Texas, as part of Southwestern’s Revive This Nation effort, wherein students and professors preach in churches across America and evangelize the communities around them. However, after the week ended, Fonseca knew his work in Pampa was not complete. He believed the Lord was calling him to return there with a group from his church.

After a nine-year battle with cancer, Jeannie Elliff, beloved wife of former Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and International Mission Board (IMB) president and Southwestern alumnus Tom Elliff, passed away July 20.

With the release of an undercover video today, the world learned, I hope, that a modern day Molech exists. Molech, as described in the Old Testament of the Bible, was an Ammonite god who required propitiatory child sacrifice. A couple sacrificed their firstborn by burning the child on a metal idol of Molech, believing that Molech would ensure financial prosperity for the family and future children. The Israelites were strictly forbidden to practice this form of worship (Leviticus 18:21, 20:2-5; 2 Kings 223:10; and Jeremiah 32:35) as it is in stark contradiction to the sanctity of life espoused throughout the Bible. Today’s Molech is the abortion industry, sacrificing babies for the idol of financial greed, veiled in the hopes of the development of new cures through biomedical research.

While attending an event at the University of Texas at Arlington Baptist Student Ministry’s international night in fall 2014, Master of Theological Studies student Erika Mercer met Jenny, a Taiwanese student earning her master’s degree at UTA, who was on her team for a pumpkin carving competition.

The two were instant friends and exchanged phone numbers before leaving that evening. Throughout the next eight months, Mercer and Jenny developed a friendship that led to numerous discussions about the Gospel. With each conversation, Jenny became more receptive to the Gospel and eventually gave her life to the Lord.

In an address to the 2015 Global Theological Innovation (GTI) Summit on the campus of Southwestern Seminary, Craig Blaising, executive vice president and provost, informed the more-than 50 seminary presidents and academic deans from roughly 20 countries in the Spanish-speaking world of the many signs on campus indicating their common concern and commitment to the work of the Gospel. Specifically, Blaising called attention to the plaques positioned throughout campus that cite Scripture in both English and Spanish.

Southwestern graduate Brandon Warren received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Lee College at the Texas Correctional Education Conference, June 18. Upon accepting the award, Warren, who earned an associate’s degree from Lee College while an inmate in Huntsville Unit, shared his testimony with attendees and explained how God has used him since his release from prison. Specifically, he explained that, after enrolling in the master’s program at Southwestern’s Havard campus in Houston, he became heavily involved in the seminary’s Darrington prison program, doing for those prisoners what Lee College did for him.

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Keith Eitel, dean of Southwestern’s Roy Fish School of Evangelism and Missions, says that when going on a mission trip, he and his teammates do not set a quota for how many Gospel presentations they want to make, professions of they want to see, etc. Instead, they lay out specific tasks that they will try to accomplish.

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With summer in full swing, parents looking for fun activities for their children were able to take advantage of a week of football, basketball and soccer at the sports camp at Southwestern’s Recreation and Aerobics Center (RAC), June 8-11. Children in third through eighth grade participated in the four-day camp designed to introduce them to healthy and fun activities as well as teach them the fundamental skills of each sport. Jared Howard, director of the RAC, says the camp also gives campers a setting to “practice these skills in friendly, low-pressure competition.”

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Luke Romans, a Master of Divinity student at Southwestern, leads an accountability group through the “young marrieds” Sunday school class at Birchman Baptist Church. Realizing that evangelism was the most important area in which they needed to grow, Romans started bringing his students along with him as he participated in Southwestern’s “Going the Second Mile” initiative, the seminary’s effort to evangelize every home within a two-mile radius of the campus.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio—On June 15, Southwestern Seminary hosted its first-ever “Tea at 3” during the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The event was standing-room-only as nearly 200 women filled the space to share tea, scones and fellowship.